‘Let’s do right by Tyre’: Community hosts march on second anniversary of Tyre Nichols’ death
by: Brian Didlake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Members of Tyre Nichols’ family, community members, activists and faith leaders came together to march on the second anniversary of Nichols’ death.
“We are getting stronger, but we’re not there,” Nichols’ father Rodney Wells said. “I don’t know when we are going to get there, but we are going to keep striving to get there.”
Walking down from the intersection of Hickory Hill’s Raines and Ross Road, marchers walked the same path Tyre Nichols drove two years ago before he was killed.
“Here we are in community,” one marcher said. “Here we are one more time.”
But halfway through, marchers held a moment of silence where they said prayer and shared a word.
“Lord, we call on you tonight to make a move,” a marcher said. “Do something, Lord.”
The march ended under the same skycop camera that captured five former police officers beating Tyre Nichols.
More than 50 people voiced their concerns for Nichols’ family who recounted how the loss shook their lives.
“We had to stand and listen to medical examiners name 50 plus abrasions, bruises and scars to my brother’s body,” Nichols’ sister Keyana Dixon said.
“What made it so difficult was the fact that it finally set in that I would never see my son again,” Nichols’ mother RowVaughn Wells said.
But besides loved ones recounting their pain, there were calls to action.
“The immediate things we really want to see is that they stop doing pre-textual stops,” community activist Amber Sherman said. “I don’t care what the state says, I don’t care what laws they pass, the DOJ has said that you are discriminating against us, and you need to stop.”
Multiple speakers shared harsh criticism not only for the Memphis Police Department but the court as well.
The comments came after the Department of Justice reported MPD engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law.
In addition to that, the $550 million civil lawsuit against the city of Memphis and Nichols’ family has been reset to 2026.
A postponement attorney Ben Crump said is too long.
“Mr. Mayor, let’s do right by Tyre,” Crump said. “Let’s do right to the City Council of Memphis, Let’s do right by Tyre.”
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